NORFOLK, Va., March 31, 2021—North Carolina A&T State’s Edie Brewer was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, the conference office announced today. Coppin State’s Chudear Tut was named Rookie of the Year, while teammates Kareemah Hopkins and Ashley Roman were named Setter of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Tim Walsh of Coppin State earned Coach of the Year honors.
 
All awards, presented by TowneBank, were voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.
 
Brewer was an all-around force again for the Aggies, becoming the first MEAC player to earn Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons since Howard’s Khaila Donaldson in 2016 and 2017. Brewer ranked second in the MEAC in service aces (0.67 per set), fourth in assists (6.94 per set) and ninth in digs (2.52 per set). In conference play, she was second with 0.75 aces per set, fourth in assists with 6.96 per set and she ranked 10^th in hitting percentage at .315. Brewer notched four double-doubles on the season and quarterbacked an Aggies offense that hit a MEAC-best .343 in league play.
 
Tut ranked third in the MEAC in blocks this season (0.94 per set), as well as fifth in hitting percentage (.344) and seventh in kills (2.46 per set). She was also third in blocks in conference play, averaging 1.03 per set, and her .356 hitting percentage against MEAC foes was the fifth-best in the league. A five-time MEAC Rookie of the Week, Tut reached double-digit kills nine times – including a season-best 14 in the regular-season finale against Morgan State. She hit a season-best .533 against Howard on Feb. 25, one of two instances where Tut hit .500 or better.
 
Hopkins led the MEAC this season with 9.82 assists per set – 9.21 per set in conference play – and she was a seven-time MEAC Setter of the Week. She topped the 30-assist mark a MEAC-best 10 times this season, including a career-high 52 assists against rival Morgan State on March 11.
 
Roman averaged a MEAC-best 5.41 digs per set – in helping the Eagles lead the conference in the same category at 14.22 per set. In MEAC play, Roman averaged 5.31 digs per set, and for the season, she eclipsed the 20-dig mark nine times, and she had a Coppin State program record-tying 32 digs March 18 against Delaware State.
 
Walsh led the Eagles to a 10-4 overall mark and the Northern Division regular-season title – a first for the program – and Coppin State enters the MEAC Volleyball Championship having won its last nine matches. After opening the campaign with a win at George Mason, the Eagles swept the season series against Delaware State and Morgan State, while also taking three of four matches against Howard.
 
Joining Brewer and Roman on the All-MEAC First Team are Coppin State’s Miajavon Coleman, Delaware State’s Sydney Lewis, North Carolina A&T State’s Courteney Pitt and Fatimah Shabazz and North Carolina Central’s Ammaarah Williams.
 
The MEAC Volleyball Championship begins Friday with the semifinal round; the first match is set to begin at 4 p.m. Saturday’s championship match will start at 6 p.m. and be shown live on ESPNU and ESPN3.
 
For more information on the MEAC Volleyball Championship, including bracket and full schedule, visit www.MEACsports.com.  

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Class	School	Hometown
Miajavon Coleman	5-10	OH	Jr.	Coppin State	San Antonio, Texas
Ashley Roman	5-5	L/DS	So.	Coppin State	Isabela, Puerto Rico
Sydney Lewis	6-1	MB	So.	Delaware State	Bowie, Md.
Edie Brewer	6-0	S/RS	Sr.	North Carolina A&T State	West Chester, Ohio
Courteney Pitt	6-1	OH	Sr.	North Carolina A&T State	Farmville, N.C.
Fatimah Shabazz	6-0	RS	r-Jr.	North Carolina A&T State	Cincinnati, Ohio
Ammaarah Williams	6-0	MB	r-Jr.	North Carolina Central	Cleveland, Ohio

 

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Class	School	Hometown
Paola Caten	5-11	OH/RS	So.	Coppin State	Tampa, Fla.
Kareemah Hopkins	5-11	S	Jr.	Coppin State	San Diego, Calif.
Chudear Tut	6-2	MB	Fr.	Coppin State	Minneapolis, Minn.
Mayah Ngundam	5-9	OH	Sr.	Delaware State	Bowie, Md.
Valeria Otero	5-9	OH	Fr	Delaware State	Manati, Puerto Rico
Tylar Roberson	5-11	OH	Sr.	Morgan State	Elkhart, Ind.
Andrea Laboy-Rivera	5-5	L	Jr.	North Carolina A&T State	Coamo, Puerto Rico

 

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Class	School	Hometown
Chudear Tut	6-2	MB	Fr.	Coppin State	Minneapolis, Minn.
Valeria Otero	5-9	OH	Fr.	Delaware State	Manati, Puerto Rico
Jennifer Bolden	6-0	OH	Fr.	Howard	Los Angeles, Calif.
Amari Patterson	5-3	L	Fr.	Howard	Waukegan, Ill.
Paola Matos	5-11	OPP	Fr.	Norfolk State	Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Lauren Janok	5-11	S	Fr.	North Carolina Central	Rougemont, N.C.